Great news from Bologna Children’s Book Fair (#BCBF19): anarchic kids’ bestseller THE ROBBERSONS, by Finnish author Siri Kolu, has been snapped up for English publication by UK press Stripes. This hilarious romp of an adventure, in the anarchic tone of Pippi Longstocking, follows a riotous bandit family who kidnap a girl instead of the sweets they’ve… Read More The Robbersons – Finnish bandits to appear in English
Congratulations to Japanese manga artist Gengoroh Tagame, and to translator Anne Ishii, on winning the inaugural Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Translated YA Award! My Brother’s Husband is a two-volume manga graphic novel that explores homophobia in Japanese society. “Endearing and enlightening” Kirkus Reviews “A single-parent Tokyo dad opens his door to an unexpected… Read More My Brother’s Husband – winner of GLLI Translated YA Award 2019
A group of Russian publishing professionals are coming to London on Thursday, the 31 of January to discuss Russian contemporary literature with a focus on YA fiction: By Maria Kozlovskaya Wiltshire There will be a series of meetings and events at the Free Word Centre organised by English PEN and the British Council as part… Read More Meet the Publishers: 3 Professionals on the Russian Kidlit Landscape
The 2019 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Committee – amazingly served by Annette Goldsmith, Gene Hayworth, Kim Rostan, Laura Simeon, and Elaine Tai – is honored to announce the 2019 inaugural shortlist. Please help us celebrate these fine translations and the publishers behind them by encouraging your teen readers to explore the world through the…
With enormous help from authors, illustrators, publishers, and the general public, the library launched with 774 books in 37 languages, in November 2018.… Read More A Multilingual Children’s Library for Sheffield
“So when on a Saturday morning Barni gets up really early, he wastes no time in waking his parents up using the very same routine they themselves have practiced on him all week long.”… Read More ‘The Book of Barni’: Bridging the Gap Between Grown-ups and Kids
After the nonstop activity on this platform throughout September, we confess we were pretty much burned out. Deadlines and real life took over and we didn’t manage to post during October. Sorry! But a lot happened in the world of translated children’s books, so here’s a look back on the highs and lows of a month… Read More World Kid Lit – October news round-up
